Disinfectant-holder.



M. P. KELLY.

DISINFECTANT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAIL 20, I911.

Patented June 11, 1918.

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%i%m Mum) MARTIN P. KELLY, 0F SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISINFECTANT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1918.

Application filed March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,080.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN P. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disinfectant-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in disinfectant holders, and particularly to such devices as are used in closet bowls or urinals.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and simple device of this character whereby the flush water in the bowl of the closet or urinal will flow through the device and carry with it some of the disinfectant contained in said holder.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will remain against the side of the bowl, without any axial move ment during the flushing of the bowl.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a vertical sectional view through a water closet bowl, showing my invention applied thereto and in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the device removed from the bowl.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the device.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, but showing a portion of the bowl in connection therewith.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 represents the closet bowl whichis provided with the usual inturned and rolled flange 11. Engaged over this rolled edge and depending downwardly into the bowl is the upper hook-shaped portion 12 of a rod 13, the end of said hook being provided with a set screw 14 for eflectively clamping the hook to the bowl. An elongated receptacle 15 has formed on one side a longitudinally extending tubular portion 16 through which the remaining portion of the rod 13 extends, and in which said rod is rotatable. A nut 17 is engaged on the lower portion of the rod, below the lower end of the tubular portion and serves as a stop to limit the downward movement of the receptacle. One side of the receptacle is flat, as clearly shown at 18, and one side of the tubular portion is also fiat and forms a continuation of the said flat side of the receptacle. Extending from the opposite side of the receptacle and in the plane of the fiat face thereof, is a lug 19. The fiat face and the lug, as well as the flattened side of the tubular portion, bear against the inner face of the closet bowl, as seen in Fig. 4, of the drawing.

Within the receptacle is placed a suitable solid disinfectant 20, the bottom. of the re-. ceptacle being formed with an outlet opening 21 for the passage of the water and suspended disinfectant therein, which has been washed from the material in the receptacle.

The rod is of such length that the receptacle may be readily moved up and down thereon for the purpose of cleaning and recharging with disinfectant material. As the water rises andrecedes during the flushing of the bowl, there is a tendency of the receptacle to turn axially, and to prevent this the lug 19 is provided. This lug, bearing against the inner face of the bowl, effectively prevents any axial movement of the receptacle in that direction, while the fiat face of the tubular portion prevents movement in the other direction.

It will, of course, be understood that the device may be as readily applied to a urinal bowl as to a closet bowl.

What is claimed is:

A disinfectant device for a closet bowl including a disinfectant receptacle having a longitudinal tubular portion, a rod disposed through said tubular portion, a stop member on the lower end of the rod, said receptacle being arranged to slide vertically on said rod, a bowl edge engaging hook on the upper end of the rod, the bottom of the receptacle having an outlet opening, and means on the receptacle for engagement with the bowl to prevent axial movement of the receptacle with respect to the wall of the bowl.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN P. KELLY.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. DUFFY, JAMES P. LARKIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. I 

